Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (CHT) vs Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR)

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. and Charter Communications, Inc. are both Telecom Services companies. Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $35.7B against $20.6B — 1.7× the size. Charter Communications, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 2.9× against 28.0×. Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.72% against −1.50%. Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. has the higher net margin (16.1% vs 9.05%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.58% vs 6.77%). Across the 22 metrics below, Charter Communications, Inc. leads on 13 and Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CHT CHTR Telecom Services median
P/E 27.97 2.90 13.27
P/S 4.57 0.25 0.95
P/B 2.96 0.62 1.47
Price to free cash flow 21.10 3.11 8.72
EV/EBITDA 11.87 5.07 6.85
EV/Sales 4.35 2.00 1.87
Earnings yield 3.58% 34.54% 1.66%
Free cash flow yield 4.74% 32.13% 5.53%

Profitability

Metric CHT CHTR Telecom Services median
Gross margin 36.51% 39.90% 51.26%
Operating margin 20.37% 23.28% 7.62%
Net margin 16.13% 9.05% 4.22%
Free cash flow margin 21.67% 8.01% 4.73%
Return on equity 10.33% 23.30% 5.80%
Return on assets 7.16% 3.21% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 9.58% 6.77% 3.41%

Growth

Metric CHT CHTR Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.72% (1.50%) 3.31%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 7.38% 3.55% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.36% 2.63% 1.50%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.73% 9.13% 0.00%

Health

Metric CHT CHTR Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 0.07 4.36 0.63
Current ratio 1.22 0.36 1.13
Net debt to EBITDA (0.37) 4.43 1.86

Dividend

Metric CHT CHTR Telecom Services median
Dividend yield 4.06% — 4.06%
Payout ratio 0.96 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CHT CHTR Telecom Services median
Market cap 35.74b 20.58b 3.06b

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